[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 12, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D222-D224]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded closed 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for 
intelligence programs, and to discuss worldwide threats, after 
receiving testimony from George Tenet, Director of Central 
Intelligence.
APPROPRIATIONS: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2004 for the District of Columbia Courts, Court Services, and Offender 
Supervision Agency focusing on fair, swift, and accessible justice, 
enhancing public safety, and the justice system, after receiving 
testimony from Annice M. Wagner, Chief Judge, District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals, on behalf of the District of Columbia Joint Committee 
on Judicial Administration; Rufus G. King III, Chief Judge, and Lee 
Satterfield, Presiding Judge, Family Court, both of the Superior Court 
of the District of Columbia; Paul A. Quander, Jr., Director, Court 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia; 
and Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Director, Public Defender Service for the 
District of Columbia.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Energy Office of Energy and 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Science, and the Office of 
Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, after receiving testimony from 
David K. Garman, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy, Raymond L. Orbach, Director of the Office of Science, 
and William D. Magwood, IV, Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, 
Science and Technology, all of the Department of Energy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Department 
of Defense for fiscal year 2004, focusing on national security space 
programs and management, warfighting, national intelligence and defense 
priorities including strategic forces, after receiving testimony from 
Peter B. Teets, Under Secretary of the Air Force, and Director, 
National Reconnaissance Office; Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr., USN, 
Commander, United States Strategic Command; General Lance W. Lord, 
USAF, Commander, Air Force Space Command; Lieutenant General Joseph M. 
Cosumano, Jr., USA, Commanding General, U.S. Army Space and Missile 
Defense Command and U.S. Army Space Command; and Vice Admiral Richard 
W. Mayo, USN, Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded hearings 
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Department of Defense 
for fiscal year 2004 and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on 
Army transformation, after receiving testimony from Les Brownlee, Under 
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Army; and General John M. Keane, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, United 
States Army.
2004: BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee met to mark up a proposed concurrent 
resolution setting forth the fiscal year 2004 budget for the Federal 
Government, but did not complete consideration thereon, and will meet 
again tomorrow.
BUDGET: COAST GUARD AND NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, and Fisheries concluded hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the Coast 
Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, after 
receiving testimony from Adm. Thomas H. Collins, Commandant, United 
States Coast Guard; Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy 
(Ret.), Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; and 
JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure, General 
Accounting Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 164, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar 
Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 212, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with 
the High Plains States in conducting a hydrogeologic characterization, 
mapping, modeling and monitoring program for the High Plains Aquifer, 
with an amendment in the nature of substitute;
  S. 278, to make certain adjustments to the boundaries of the Mount 
Naomi Wilderness Area;
  S. 347, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to conduct a joint special resources study to evaluate the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing the Rim of the Valley 
Corridor as a unit of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation 
Area, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 425, to revise the boundary of the Wind Cave National Park in the 
State of South Dakota;
  H.R. 397, to reinstate the license and extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of 
Illinois;
  S. 328, to designate Catoctin Mountain Park in the State of Maryland 
as the ``Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area'', with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Joseph Timothy Kelliher, of the District of 
Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Department of Energy.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine welfare 
reform, focusing on administrating issues such as supporting families 
with accessing cash assistance, employment skill development, 
employment barrier removal by accessing substance abuse services and 
quality childcare, and enforcing non-custodial parent financial 
responsibility through child support, receiving testimony from Tommy 
Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Howard H. Hendrick, 
Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma City; Marilyn Ray 
Smith, Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Boston; Larry Temple, Texas 
Workforce Commission, Austin; and Margy Waller, Brookings Institution, 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of 
Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital Gains 
(Treaty Doc. 107-19);
  Protocol Amending the Convention Between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of Australia for the Avoidance of 
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to 
Taxes on Income (Treaty Doc. 107-20);
  Second Additional Protocol that Modifies the Convention Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
United Mexican States for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income (Treaty 
Doc. 108-3); and
  A Foreign Service Officer Promotion list received in the Senate on 
January 28, 2003.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
regional implications of the changing nuclear equation on the Korean 
Peninsula, focusing on diplomatic solutions, the United States-South 
Korea alliance, and Chinese interests, after receiving testimony from 
James A. Kelly, Assistant

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Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; James R. Lilley, 
American Enterprise Institute, Victor D. Cha, Georgetown University 
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, and Bates Gill, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
HOMELAND SECURITY: BORDER TECHNOLOGY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Border Security, 
Immigration and Citizenship and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Technology, and Homeland Security concluded joint hearings to examine 
the role of border technology in advancing Homeland Security, focusing 
on the Entry-Exit System, the National Security Entry Exit Registration 
System, and Biometric Verification Systems, including implementation of 
the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act (Public Law 107-
173), and related provisions of S. 539, to authorize appropriations for 
border and transportation security personnel and technology, after 
receiving testimony from Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary of Homeland 
Security for Border and Transportation Security; Nancy Kingsbury, 
Managing Director of Applied Research and Methods, General Accounting 
Office; and Stephen E. Flynn, Independent Task Force on Homeland 
Security Imperatives, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
nominations of James V. Selna and Cormac J. Carney, both to be a United 
States District Judge for the Central District of California, who were 
introduced by Senator Feinstein, Philip P. Simon and Theresa Lazar 
Springmann, both to a United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Indiana, who were introduced by Senators Lugar and Bayh, 
Mary Ellen Coster Williams, of Maryland, and Victor J. Wolski, of 
Virginia, who was introduced by Senators Warner and Allen, both to be a 
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Ricardo H. 
Hinojosa, of Texas, who was introduced by Senators Hutchison and 
Cornyn, and Representative Hinojosa, and Michael E. Horowitz, of 
Maryland, both to be a Member of the United States Sentencing 
Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.